cluster around someone or something

cluster around someone or something
cluster around someone or something
[for a group of people or things] to bunch together, surrounding someone or something. •

The birds clustered around the chimney top to keep warm.

The kids clustered around the police officer.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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